It seems less of a fully fledged sequel to the first game, but an attempt at bypassing greenlight limbo of the first game by going with a publisher and getting on Steam that way. It is nice to see the game receiving full steamworks integration in the process.

I wish there was a demo also.I wasnt very impressed with the first gas guzzler demo.It was pretty boring, standard car game fare. But, it did seem like it had potential, if they would have injected something more than just weapons into the game.

I pick up game on sale for $20. Be warn, not a lot players online right now. Might have to wait until Fridays and Saturdays to find more players online. Gas Guzzlers Extreme online could pick up in the next few weeks or online could be dead in 2 months. You have been warned.

I started a thread over at Flatout Joint that got some tips for the game:

Went online today with Heddly and took on some AI bots in Deathmath and CTF. AI were set to beginner and kick our butts at first until we got use to the modes.

I first we were not sure how CTF work, but we figure it out over TS. There 2 flags that are place on the map, one is blue team, one is red team. You can pick up either flag, then got take your flag to the other flag. If you reach other flag before it get pickup by other team, you get a point for capping the flag and flags are reset.

If other flag is pickup by other team, your team need to destroy player's car with flag before you can cap the flag.

Tip: Need to keep your car repaired when doing deathmatch and CTF.

I think deathmatch will be a popular mode online if online picks up. Online with GGE is still slow so far. Good thing there bots online and you can set how many bots to use.

I'm going try hosting a dedicated server ( after I forward some ports listed in manual ) Saturday at 12 noon pacific time, 3:00pm eastern, 8:00pm London time. Heddly said he could make it, all others are welcome to join my host.

Got to do some deathmatch and CTF with a Gamepires Dev last night. We team up against bots set to impossible. We won one match 30-27, Dev (DreeMax) got over 20 kills. He is good at the game!!

Those bots like teaming up on you to take you out. Good thing Devs put a bots option for online since online is slow. Can have a good match with 2-4 online players teaming up against the bots.

Have to say Gamepires Devs have done a good job with online and the hosting options. Just need more players online.

I like the rubber banding option in the dedicated server options. I went with Semi-Arcade setting for closer races. Going to post about this option over at Bugbear forum. Think it be a good option to have in Next Car Game.

I also did up a track list and started doing 1 lap races online with password dedicated server and gave the tracks 1-4 star rating. So I can get an idea of what good tracks and arenas I want to host with.

Can't say the game is awesome, like Flatout and GRID 1 derby racing. Racing with weapons is OK. It Deathmatch and Capture the Flag mode online where Gas Guzzlers Extreme shines. Problem is there not a whole lot of players online, even on a Saturday.